Re: realSpeak

  • From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:02:03 -0700

If you're happy with the sound you get from your sound card, then you're all 
set. This particular onboard sound card didn't sound quite right to me when 
I played music, so a friend gave me his Turtle Beach card when he built a 
new computer. I like it better, and it eliminated the crackling I got with 
the old card when using JAWS.

Vicki
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: realSpeak


Thanks, but would you mind answering a very simple question from someone
inexperienced with these things?  What makes a sound card "better," in the
way you mean it?  I have a Dell computer of recent vintage, a single sound
card (I'm not a big techhie, so I have to launch Belarc Advisor to see what
it is), it's a SoundBlaster Live 24-bit.

Now, I have Jaws with the standard Eloquence software synth, and that works
and sounds fine.  Sometimes I stream audio or play an .mp3 file or a music
CD, and that sounds fine, too.  Given this, what use would I make of a
second sound card?  Something specialized that I don't know enough to be
able to imagine, until you tell me?

Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: realSpeak


I have two sound cards because I used an onboard card, and then I added a
better sound card later. I use the most recent one, but since I reformatted
my computer a few weeks ago, I think certain programs try to use the first
card. I need to disable the onboard card in the bios, and hopefully that
will fix the problem.

Vicki

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: realSpeak


Does a person actually need two sound cards in order to make use of these
extra voices alongside the Eloquence voices?  Or do you use two sound cards
for some other reason, basically?  I have never heard that I won't be able
to take full advantage of the Jaws 8 upgrade unless I learn about dual sound
cards and install something new in the way of hardware.  thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: realSpeak


Your suggestion worked. Now I just need to figure out a way to get it to
recognize my second sound card. I edited the .ini file in JAWS to get
eloquence to work, but that doesn't seem to work for RealSpeak.

Vicki

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: realSpeak


Hello Vicki.

Do you have jaws for Windows starting automatically?  If you have jaws for
Windows starting automatically it is very possible that the RealSpeak voices
are coming through the soundcard that was installed last.  To see if this is
your problem unload Jaws for Windows and restart it.

I hope this helps.

Chris.

-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Vicki Wherry
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:19 PM
To: JFW List
Subject: realSpeak

I can't get the realSpeak voices to read in the "say all" mode. The text is
being read, that is, the curser is moving, but everything is silent. I
somehow got it working yesterday, but I'm not sure what I did. Today, again,
it's not working. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be? I
installed Jill, Lee, Karen and Emily, and none of them are reading.

Vicki

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